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Which Covid Vaccine Should You Get? Experts Cite the Effect Against Severe Disease

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The W.H.O. drops opposition to vaccinations for pregnant women.

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The W.H.O. drops opposition to vaccinations for pregnant women, aligning with the C.D.C.

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Health care unions amplify the voices of frontline workers overwhelmed by pandemic conditions.

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Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine Offers Strong Protection but Fuels Concern About Variants

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The Biden Presidency Could Fundamentally Change the U.S. Space Program

January 29, 2021 at 06:30PM Nobody was thinking much about the newly elected junior senator from Delaware back in December of 1972, when the Apollo 17 moonwalkers collected lunar sample 76015, 43. The senator was Joseph Biden, the moon walkers were Jack Schmitt and Gene Cernan, and the rock was a 3.9-billion-year-old, 332 gram (0.73 lb.) sample collected in the moon’s Taurus-Littrow Valley. Today, Schmitt is 85, Cernan has passed away, Biden is the 46th President of the United States and the rock rests on a bookshelf in his newly redecorated Oval Office, after he requested a lunar sample from NASA for display. For space lovers looking for reasons to be optimistic about what a Biden Administration will mean for NASA in general and the push to have American astronauts back on the moon in the 2020s in particular, that’s a good portent. “I can’t conceive of Biden putting a moon rock in his office and then turning his back on a moon program,” says John Logsdon, professor emer

Pregnant women receive conflicting advice on vaccines.

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Pregnant Women Get Conflicting Advice on Covid-19 Vaccines

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Novavax’s Vaccine Works Well — Except on Variant First Found in South Africa

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Agnes Kalibata, the UN’s Food Systems Chief, on How Science Can Transform Farming to Help Save the Planet

January 29, 2021 at 01:05AM Agricultural systems are one of the biggest contributors to climate change, producing about 20% of total global emissions . At the same time, the single biggest threat of climate change is the collapse of global food systems. As the world population grows, the climate heats up and resources become more scarce, how will we ensure we have enough food to go around? Science is being combined with agriculture to develop new crops that can withstand the impacts of climate change. A group working at the forefront of this collaboration is CGIAR, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, the world’s largest publicly-funded agricultural research partnership. But this area needs to be scaled up; CGIAR says double the amount of the current level of investment is needed to slow down the food and climate crises facing the planet by 2030. On the side-lines of the UN’s 2021 Climate Adaptation Summit , TIME speaks with Agnes Kalibata, the

Health Care Unions Find a Voice in the Pandemic

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How the Coronavirus Turns the Body Against Itself

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Researchers found more evidence that the variant from South Africa can evade antibodies.

January 27, 2021

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Cómo funciona la vacuna Gamaleya

January 27, 2021

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With All Eyes on Covid-19, Drug-Resistant Infections Crept In

January 27, 2021

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Aetna Agrees to Expand Coverage for Gender-Affirming Surgeries

January 26, 2021

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A vaccine ad invokes the culture of Mardi Gras to reduce hesitancy.

January 25, 2021

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Moderna Says Vaccine Still Protects Against Virus Variants

January 25, 2021

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A vaccine ad invokes the culture of Mardi Gras to reduce hesitancy.

January 25, 2021

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Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like

January 24, 2021

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To Promote Vaccines, New Orleans Dances With Its Heart on Its Sleeve

January 24, 2021

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Welcome to the Graveyard of New Year’s Resolutions

January 24, 2021

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In Crises, Vaccines Can Be Stretched, but Not Easily

January 23, 2021

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Do Curfews Slow the Coronavirus?

January 23, 2021

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Pfizer Will Ship Fewer Vaccine Vials to Account for ‘Extra’ Doses

January 22, 2021

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Pfizer Will Ship Fewer Vaccine Vials to Account for ‘Extra’ Doses

January 22, 2021

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Filing Suit for ‘Wrongful Life’

January 22, 2021

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F.D.A. Approves Monthly Shots to Treat H.I.V.

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Biden Inherits a Vaccine Supply Unlikely to Grow Before April

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Drug Prevents Coronavirus Infection in Nursing Homes, Maker Claims

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Cómo funciona la vacuna de Moderna

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Cómo funciona la vacuna de Pfizer-BioNTech

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Biden Inherits a Vaccine Supply Unlikely to Grow Before April

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Drug Prevents Coronavirus Infection in Nursing Homes, Maker Claims

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U.S. Covid Vaccine Supply: How to Make Sense of Those Confusing Numbers

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U.S. Covid Vaccine Supply: How to Make Sense of Those Confusing Numbers

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Amid One Pandemic, Students Train for the Next